Comb-honey section.



WALTER .T. LEWIS, OF STLLCUIS, MISSOURI.

COMB-HONEY SECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed March 18. 1907- arial NIL-362.961.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. Wat'rnn J. LEWIS. of St Louis, 1 in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new? and useful Improvement in Comb-Honey Sections, and 3 .do hereby declare that the following is a lull. clear. and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accomparfying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofra comb honey section embodying my invention, with one of thee-overs partially removed; and, Fig. 2 a horizontal section thereof.

Comb-, honoy, as is well known, is offered-for sale in cidental separation of the cover from the sectioh.

the familiar rectangular sections in which the bees store the honey in the hive, the fronts and backs of such sections being open. -By reason of the absence of a cover for the enposed sides of the hon ey, the caps of the honey cells are apt to be struck andbroke'n in handling to wrap the sections in paper because of the liablilt'y of appearance oft-he honey, with depreciation of value of" the i 'ured section, are the results.

To obviate this serious objection to the ordinaryofordinary form, consisting of a strip of Wood bent into a rectangular form' to produce a frame, A, that is openfrom front to back. After the section A has been filled with honey and removed from the hive, I apply to each of the open sidesoi the section'aplate or sheet B, preterablyoi tin, or other metal, which has on each of its 5 I opposite sides a flange or lip C to overlap the outer side of the section side. the-flanges or lips beingbent inward so, that their inner sides form an acute angle with the inner surface of the cover plate. with the result that .the edges of the flanges tightly pinch the sides of the sections and form slight grooves therein, so as to firmly interlock the flanges With the section, and prevent acreason of this angle or arrangement of the flanges, the covers are applied to and removed from the section by being slid endwise over 'the same.

It will be seen that by my invention the honey in the section is perfectly protected from damage by the breaking of the comb, by such'handling it may be subjcvtod to by the dealer and the customer, and 'yet the inspection-of the honey is very easily obtained merely 1 by sliding the covers'either' partly or wholly from the the same, and ior the same reason it a disadvantage section; the honey is protected from dust; and it-may be shipped without danger of injury. Yet, my covers breaking, the caps. Loss of honey and spoiling oi the are very cheap to'make, and add but little to the cost of the section.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim A honey section consisting; of an open rectangular frame of wood, having sides and top and bottom, and havin: a cover firmed of sheet metal with opposite edges, bent to form flanges that overlap the outer surfaces of the sides ot' the sections, the sectionengaging' edges of the flange being inclined and pinching the section sides.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

v \V-ALTER -J. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

S. H. BUAL.

Gnonon STANNERS. 

